Time Line of the Universe (Image: NASA/WMAP Science Team/Wikimedia) Today, the scientific community is abuzz with the news that astrophysicists have detected gravitational waves or ripples in the fabric of space-...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/03/17/4-Neat-Facts-About-the-Big-Bang-Thatll-Make-You-Look-Smart-Without-Understanding-Any-Physics/The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...alculated the Name Number for our field, which is astronomy . The concept of the "Name Number" for professions... ...our results here.Calculating the Name Number for AstronomyWe calculated the Name Number for astronomy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/02/26/The-Name-Number-for-Astronomy/By altering images from NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team, Tahar Abroudjameur created this stunning image of swirling stars and nebulae. He calls it The Universe Is in Us....
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/06/The-Universe-Is-in-Us/(Photo: Yale News)This is NWA 7325, a meteorite that allegedly fell to Earth in southern Morocco in early 2012. Scientists think that it came from the planet Mercury. We have about 70 meteorites from Mars and 180 from th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/10/For-the-First-Time-in-Human-History-A-Piece-of-the-Planet-Mercury/MIT physics professor Edward Pickering was an early advocate of astrophotography and also had a relatively enlightened (for the time) attitude toward women in science. But he was an outlier in both fields.In 1881, Edward...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/23/The-Women-Who-Mapped-the-Universe-And-Still-Couldnt-Get-Any-Respect/[http://youtu.be/Rv1iFvZ5gUE] (YouTube link)Jeff Wysaski decided to join in the long line of "amazing facts" videos you see so many of lately. However, his facts are augmented by the kind of thing he normally does. -via...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/12/Amazing-Space-Facts-You-May-Not-Know/The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...new focus -- that of specialization. The field of astronomy , in particular, is ripe for a treatment of this s... ...is ripe for a treatment of this sort. As for why astronomy stands out in this regard, it’s not for me... ...claimed, “is lik...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/03/Deconstructing-Astronomys-Holy-Grail/NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered a star forming 4,500 light years from Earth. Astronomers describe it as reminiscent of a caterpillar:The glowing white head of the caterpillar shape is the core of the protostar....
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/02/NASA-Discovers-a-Cosmic-Caterpillar-That-Looks-Like-Star-Treks-Doomsday-Machine/[http://youtu.be/KsF_hdjWJjo] (YouTube link)The German science video producers Kurzgesagt made this lovely motion graphics video explaining our Solar System, newly translated into English. It is simple enough for schoolc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/27/The-Solar-System-Our-Home-in-Space/The polarity of the sun's magnetic field will flip in about three to four months, according to physicists at Stanford University. It is a big event, but it happens every eleven years as part of the normal solar cycle. So...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/07/The-Suns-Magnetic-Field-is-about-to-Flip/
